I make billions (#2)
At 9, I met my best friend,
At 12, I lived my life outdoors,
At 13, I broke my arm right before camp,
At 15, I worked my first corporate job,
At 17, I was separated from my father,
At 18, I changed my name to keep my identity private,
At 20,...
I call this "All The King's Men" because all of White's 16 pieces are needed in this selfmate, as far as I can tell. It was somewhat of an accident actually, but it is a still a pretty position in my opinion.
I am not including a no-computers tag this time because I'm not sure whether or not thi...
How many mates possible under 10 moves?
Rule:
Mate can go both ways.
Under 10 moves.
Feel free to let White or Black move first.
Board diagram:
Apronus PGN Viewer board for white taking the first move.
Apronus PGN Viewer board for black taking the first move.
My first puzzle here. H...
Pan Digital Number is the smallest with all the digits 1 to 9 with no repeats.
When looking forwards or backwards, eleven Primes can be extracted from that number preserving the same sequence.
Among the eleven primes, one of each 4 digit, 5 digit, 8 digit ones exist. Rest are single and double ...
We think of an island inhabited by rogues and knights.
Rogues are always lying,
knights always speak the truth.
One day 12 islanders come together
among which is at least one knight and at least one rogue.
2 of them say:
"Exactly 2 of us 12 are rogues".
4 of the remaining one...
Earlier parts in the series: Africa, US & Canada, Oceania, Latin America & Caribbean.
Each answer is a place, landmark or attraction in Eurasia, one per country. The answers traverse all countries by crossing land or maritime borders. (In some cases, it's necessary to pass through a previous c...
I lie between a tennis ball and a soccer ball,
I agree that I'm small.
I am at the bottom but at first,
Sometimes, I may even burst.
My prefix rhymes with an app,
I'm in Earth, but not in its map!
Find me from a cluster,
Can you, mister?
Square Spin History: #1>#2
New Rules
This puzzle introduces two new square types:
Unmovable squares (Un)
Replaceable squares (Re)
Plus the concept of ambiguity!
Ambiguity of squares
Certain square types are defined as being ambiguous. When a square typ...
Your package from Orinoco has finally arrived!
It's the Master Chef's Environmentally-Friendly Measuring Cup Set. It comes with 64 measuring cups having a volume of 1 cup, 1/2 cup, 1/3 cup, 1/4 cup, ..., all the way down to 1/64 cup.
Because these are master chef's cups, they have master featur...
Answer is one word.
{1}{2}{3}{4} (6)
{1} [a] (7)
{2} [b][c][d][e] (6)
{3} [f] (3)
{4} [g][h][i] (6)
[a] Bonding family in cod (7)
[b] Container fight (3)
[c] Considering primarily ferocity of rhinoceros (3)
[d] I lie in a turf (on the back) of crop (5)
[e] Just un...
Disclaimer: "Hard" here is not a difficulty indicator. Please do not edit the title.
This is a Word Web. Divide the 16 words into four groups of four such that they can collocate with one same word. Then find the answer that collocates with the four derived word. (-ed) means the derived word...
Things are getting a bit puzzly...
Reveal the Ladder and solve the clues to form a Word Ladder.
Find the word that fits in the clue “???”.
One fake clue is here to ruin your day [laughs wickedly]
$\color{white}{\textsf{3}}$S$\color{white}{\textsf{1}}$N$\color{white}{\textsf{T}}$A$\color{...
Answer for this puzzle is one word. All of the following clues have the same enumeration, but I am hiding it from you ;)
$500 note (?)
You ended up turning around (?)
Gas emitted through removing online games from personal profile (?)
Gas? Initially, no (?)
One brown liquid (?)
Unif...
